NRL 2019: Laurie Daley Wests Tigers coaching job axed by NRL

Laurie Daley’s decision to withdraw from a coaching position at the Wests Tigers has now been revealed as a result of a dramatic slap down from the NRL.

The former NSW State of Origin coach last week revealed he passed on a coaching consultancy role alongside new Tigers coach Michael Maguire because of his ongoing role as host of Sky Sport Radio’s Big Sports Breakfast program.

Sky Sports Radio is owned by Tabcorp, with Daley providing rugby league tips in one segment of the show.

Daley has continued in his media role, despite his ongoing NRL commitments as coach of the Indigenous All Stars and as a member of the Australian Kangaroos panel of selectors.

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The Sydney newspaper reports the Tigers are privately furious about the NRL’s decision not to register Daley as a club-based coach.

According to Fairfax, Daley said “I would have like to have been involved, most definitely. But I understand their (the NRL’s) decision and I fully endorse and support it. It’s the right thing to do.”

It comes as the Tigers continue to fight the NRL over the salary cap punishments handed down in December which saw the club smashed with a potential $750,000 fine, a potential $639 salary cap reduction for 2019 and the deregistration of former chief executive Justin Pascoe.

The penalties were the result of a non-disclosed financial arrangement reportedly promised to Robbie Farah when he left the club to join South Sydney in 2016.

The latest NRL decision to blunt the Tigers swoop for Daley has further angered the joint venture club.